Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 35-47-10-3 (2026)
"Child" defined
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "child" means a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.12.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 2004–2018 · leading case: Stewart v. State, 866 N.E.2d 858 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007).
Stewart v. State, 866 N.E.2d 858 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). “Ind.Code § 35-47-10-3. Stewart contends the State failed to prove he was under eighteen on September 21, 2005, as required to sustain his conviction under Section 35-47-10-5.”
Gall v. State, 811 N.E.2d 969 (Ind. Ct. App. 2004). “Ind.Code § 35-47-10-3 (1998). *975 Gall argues that the State failed to establish that he was less than eighteen years old on March 9, 2002.”
J.R. v. State of Indiana, 89 N.E.3d 408 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “) Within that chapter, Indiana Code section 35-47-10-3 defines "child" as "a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age.”
J.R. v. State of Indiana, 100 N.E.3d 256 (Ind. 2018). “Code § 35-47-10-5 (a) (emphasis added); see Ind. Code § 35-47-10-3 (defining "child" as person less than eighteen years of age).”
Kristopher L. Weida v. State of Indiana, 83 N.E.3d 704 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “CODE § 35-47-10-3 (defining a “child” as “a person who is less than eighteen (18) years of age”).”
CC v. State, 907 N.E.2d 556 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). “See Ind.Code § 35-47-10-3. Moreover, if the violation is charged as a felony, then it is automatically removed from the juvenile court's jurisdiction pursuant to Indiana Code Section 31-30-1-4.”
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